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g l e n m a r y news & notes continuedmission improvementsWindows inspire communityGenerous donation makes stained-glass windows a reality[georgia] Thanks to thegenerosity of parishioners,Holy Family mission inMetter, Ga., has twonew stained-glasswindows.A donationwas initiallymade to createone windowabove the altar.But after planningbegan, mission memberssoon realized the donationwas enough to payfor two windows.The window above thesanctuary features symbolsof the Eucharist, and theother window, placedabove the front door,has an image of adove, representingthe Holy Spirit.“They are beautiful,inspirationaladditions to ourchurch,” says SisterMary Bordelon, CDP,pastoral coordinator of HolyFamily. The remaining churchwindows are clear glass.Have You Included Glenmary In Your Will?Don’t Keep It a Secret!If you have included Glenmary in your will orcharitable trust, please tell us so we have thepleasure of thanking you now—and includingyou as a member of the Father Bishop LegacySociety. These legacy gifts will help ensure thatthe needs of those we serve in the home missionswill continue to be met in the decades to come!To request informationon how to includeGlenmary in your willor to notify us that youhave already done so,please contact:Susan Lambert,Planned Giving OfficerGlenmary Home Missioners800.935.0975slambert@glenmary.orgAround the Missions Father Chet Artysiewicz has beennamed the new pastor of the CatholicCommunity of Bertie County in NorthCarolina, effective Aug. 1. Father Chetformerly pastored St. Francis de Salesmission in Idabel, Okla., which was returnedto the Diocese of Tulsa for continuedpastoral care on July 1. Father Steve Pawelk has been granteda sabbatical effective Sept. 1, 2010-Feb.28, 2011. Father Steve spent the last 10years as director of Glenmary’s vocationdepartment. Father Dave Glockner received seniormembership on July 1. He has spent thepast several years as the director of Glenmary’snovitiate program. Father Davenow lives in West Virginia and ministersat the West Virginia Institute for Spirituality,where he leads retreats and is involvedwith a training program for spiritual directors. Sister Kate Regan, pastoral coordinatorof Glenmary’s St. Matthew mission inRipley, Miss., celebrated her 50th jubileeas a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet thissummer. Sister Mary Bordelon, the pastoralcoordinator of Holy Family mission inMetter, Ga., marked her 25th jubilee thisyear as a Sister of Divine Providence. Father John Rausch has been namedto the board of the National Catholic RuralLife Conference based in Des Moines,Iowa. Glenmary’s founder, Father WilliamHoward Bishop, was a founding boardmember of the conference. NCRLC’smission is to apply the teachings of JesusChrist for the social, economic andspiritual development of rural America,with responsibility for the care of God’screation. The newly-constructed St. MatthewChurch in Ripley, Miss., will be dedicatedon Sunday, Sept. 18. The community hasgrown so much that it’s standing roomonly in the former drugstore the communityhas been using as its worship spacethe past decade.6 Glenmary Challenge Autumn 2010 www.glenmary.org